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Osmos
Osmos
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Developers

Hemisphere Games

Released

August 18th, 2009

Genre

Battle Royale

Modes

Single Player

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Linux

Input

Mouse, Keyboard

Website

gamepage

Osmos_Trailer

Osmos Trailer

Osmos is a game by Hempisphere Games, released in 2009 for Windows, Mac and Linux.

Gameplay[]

In Osmos, you are a ball of matter in space filled with other randomly arranged balls of matter, which can accelerate by excreting part of its own mass, and grow by absorbing orbs smaller than them. The danger is in balancing these 2 opposing actions. You can also use the scroll wheel on your mouse to fast forward or slow down time. Fast forwards are treacherous; It's used when trying to travel quicker, but you don't want to sacrifice matter. This is because other balls of matter can grow very rapidly by chain reactions of growing from collision with smaller balls.

Trivia[]

Osmos was nominated for the 2009 IGF Seamus McNally Grand Prize, Excellence in Design, Technical Excellence and D2D Vision Award. It won the D2D Vision Award. Osmos was also one of the Pax10 showcase games in 2009.

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